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by Fred Vargas

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The popular Parisian mystery by the international bestselling mystery writer, Fred Vargas, whom the French have hailed as the next Henning Mankell.

In a small Parisian square, the ancient tradition of the town crier continues into modern times. The self-appointed crier, Joss Le Guern, reads out the daily news, snippets of gossip, and lately, ominous messages--placed in his handmade wooden message box by an anonymous source--that warn of an imminent onset of the bubonic plague.

Concerned, Le Guern brings the puzzling notes to the bumbling but brilliant Chief Inspector Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his straight-edged, right-hand man, Adrien Danglard. When strange signs that were historically believed to ward off the black death start to appear on the doors of several buildings, Adamsberg takes notice and suspects a connection with Le Guern's warnings. After a flea-bitten corpse with plague-like symptoms is found in one of the marked buildings, Fred Vargas's inimitable genius chief inspector is under pressure to solve the mystery and restore calm to a panicked Paris. But is it a real case of the bubonic scourge, or just a sinister trick designed to frighten as the body count grows and the culprit continues to elude the police?

Peopled with charming and eccentric Gallic characters, and packed with gripping historical detail, Have Mercy on Us All is a complex, surprising, and stylish tale from France's finest mystery writer.

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Each day in honour of a Parisian tradition, a town crier calls out the local news to all who will listen. Over the course of a few days a number of disturbing messages are slipped into his box, messages of portentous and malicious intent referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared on the doors of several buildings: symbols once used to ward off the plague. Detective Commissaire Adamsberg begins to sense a connection, even a grotesque menace. Then charred and flea-bitten corpses are found. The press seizes on their plague-like symptoms, and the panic sets in.

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  • Title Have Mercy on Us All
  • Author Fred Vargas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2005-11-08
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9780743284011 / 0743284011
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.56 x 0.88 in (21.39 x 14.12 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Paris (France)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005051588
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/2005, Page 29
  • Entertainment Weekly, 11/18/2005, Page 143
  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 95
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2005, Page 1056
  • Library Journal, 10/15/2005, Page 52
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 07/01/2005, Page 58
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/03/2005, Page 49
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